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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=270763
Olympic Silence
(Jerusalem Post) Editorial - The world is now preparing for another Olympics. Israeli officials and two members of the U.S. Congress, acting on behalf of two widows of Israeli athletes murdered in Munich, made a simple and human request: that when the nations of the world descend on London in July, the athletes and the cheering crowds pause for a minute of silence. Just for a minute. But the International Olympic Committee said no. A moment of silence does not seem to be too much to ask, especially considering the brutality of the murders and the fact that the victims were killed not on the streets of Jerusalem or Tel Aviv but rather inside the Olympic village as participants in the Games. The Munich massacre should be commemorated not primarily as an Israeli tragedy, but as a tragedy "within the family of nations," as Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has noted.